Never had this problem with any of my dogs before but my 5 month old doesn't like the car. He was fine coming from his breeder and on his trips to the Vet but lately he has started to be sick.
He has to be lifted into the car from a distance as he shys away when he knows he is going in it and once in he just lies in the same spot. He went to rincraft last week and was sick on the way home, a distance of only 5 miles......his first show is coming up and it is about 40 miles away. Ringcraft is on tonight so will see how he goes, are Ginger Snaps any good, or could I give him some ginger in his food?
Any suggestions welcome, as I said all the others just jump in and are fine.

I had this problem with a bitch years ago.  She used to throw up on all the other dogs on the way to shows!!  I remember driving from Scotland to Bournemouth and having to shower my dogs in the caravan park before the show as they were disgusting!!
A raw egg before travelling to line the tummy and absolutely nothing else.  After the dog travels without being sick a few times, they will forget the travel sickness and you can stop the egg.  Worked an absolute treat for my dog.
I ate ginger nuts(bleugh) like it was a record attempt while I was pregnant.  They work for a very short time to counteraffect the nausea.  Worked for me but I don't know about travelling.
Another old wives tale is to put newspaper under the dog/cage and a bit of rubber from the car to the ground.  Grounds the electric current which is the cause of the nausea, apparently!

Speaking of someone who cannot go a mile as a passenger with out a travel sickness tablet, I can confirm the ginger nuts, chewing gum, rubber strips, sitting on newspaper etc.. do not work. Oh and I never grew out of it either !!!
My youngest was sick a few times as a tiny pup. But as we go in the car every morning to the country park for our walks within a couple of weeks she had settled and was fine. I find a short trip every day is the best way to get pups used to travelling, however a rare few never do and you may have to resort to other means. Try a cage with a cover over it to stop her seeing the world spinning past.
Aileen

Sturgeon tablets [sp]

I used to use Sea Legs but cant seem to get hold of them..tried travel-eze(which is for dogs) didnt work. I use Stugeron & they seem to work better. It says on the packet to give 2 hours before travelling which I find hard to do!! I have given 1.5 hours before travel...

I used to travel from Cornwall up to Norfolk several times a year with a GR who used to be sick after just a couple of miles. I t was suggested I use ginger biscuits so decided to try in desperation. I gave him half a biscuit every 10 minutes to start with gradually making the time between longer until he eventually had half a biscuit every half hour. For him it worked a treat and we had our first journey without sickness. Coming back I did a similar thing but this was the last time I needed ginger biscuits  for travel as after this he was fine with travel ( a bit dribbly but that was all ) I still carried a pack with me for several journeys but did not need to use them again, so for me they worked. Much better than cleaning vomit out of the door storage pocket ( how he managed to get it in there I don't know )

We had one mastiff that was a terrible traveller we tried all the usual things short drives chain on back of car etc, stopping every 20 minutes short walk, this was the best. If we didn't stop he would quietly throw up no warning and of course share with the other dogs.Time for Crufts which we wanted to go to, my husband and a friend were to take them, weather was awful, so armed with shovel towels etc and a long journey, they stopped at regular intervals and made it to the show (London in those days) a memorable day winning BOB with our other dog. Leaving late snowing, my husband just drove no stopping, he was never travel sick again, thankfully.

Maybe not your dog's problem, but we found with our younger dog that she was petrified of the noise that the crate made. Stopped crating her in the car and she was fine :)

I used to take whole litters of pups to be eye tested at 6 weeks old.  I started to take them in a crate and without fail they had all peed, pood and been sick over each other by the time we'd got to the other end.  It would take me 10 minutes to wash each pup with a damp flannel, rub and talc it dry before I could take them into the surgery to have them tested!
I later bought cardboard cat carriers sold at the Vets and put 2 in each box.  They were in the dark and couldn't see everything flying by through the windows.  From that day onwards not one puppy did anything while travelling.  I then travelled the pups that I was keeping in a  crate covered by a blanket until they were older and they didn't drool and vomit in the car as was normal before.

If he's only just started being sick ... have you changed your vehicle? Have you changed where he is in the vehicle, ie from back seat to boot? Is there anything that you can think of that's changed? Did you have to brake suddenly on your last 'sick-free' journey? Was there a lot of noise on last 'sick-free' journey.

I've used cocculus tablets very successfully with travel sick dogs, I also take them myself when I know I'm going to be a passenger :-)

It sounds as though you need to go back to basics though (I realise it wont work in time for your show) of getting him just to be happy approaching the car, getting into it without going anywhere (feed in the car), sitting in with engine going, and then short journeys for nice events, such as a walk, etc, play a game of ball in the boot of your car (no engine running), anything just to get him happier with the car environment. If he's travelling in a crate, he may well be better covered over.

One of mine was travel sick for a little while, but we did one very long journey over windy roads & mountain passes, she threw up 3 times in the first 20 mins, then slept (probably exhausted), I had her crate covered over, and she's been absolutely fine since :-)

Good luck and hope you get it sorted out.

Echo travelling him in a soft crate with a blanket over it so he cannot see anything, or the cardboard cat carrier type, or the plastic travel boxes.  Worked with the only one I ever had who was car sick, well she drooled for Britain and soaked everything and anyone with her within 5 minutes of getting the car.  It passed as soon as she had done a few longer journeys in a soft crate with a blanket over it so she could not see the world passing by as we moved.

Worked with the only one I ever had who was car sick, well she drooled for Britain and soaked everything and anyone with her within 5 minutes of getting the car.  It passed as soon as she had done a few longer journeys in a soft crate with a blanket over

My first girly drooled for Britain ... for the first 2 years. EVERYTHING soaked through. It passed for her when I bought her a new car :-D

He's not on a crate as he had outgrown the one we had for him as a puppy. He is in the back of the estate with the back seats down to accomodate all 4 dogs. He did do better on last training night as hubby drove and I sat in the back with him feeding him Ginger Nuts which took his mind off the journey, all of 5 miles each way, and he was fine. Hopefully a few more sucessful trips and he will be like the rest and look forward to trips in the car.
He gets all panicky about getting out as he is afraid to jump out even from the low passenger side door so will have to work on getting him in and out as at nearly 6 months he is getting a bit big for lifting up all the time.

Thanks for all the advice.

He did do better on last training night as hubby drove and I sat in the back with him feeding him Ginger Nuts

Oh, no ... it's not your driving then, is it :-O

Don't even go there, hubby has already taken great delight in suggesting that!!!!!

Crating my pup stopped car sickness almost immediately.  It meant he could brace himself against the sides and feel secure enough to lay down.  I may have missed it - has he always been sick, even when previously in a crate?  I know some people use Sturgeron with great success but as others have said some dogs never grow out of it.

It may be worth spending some time with a clicker and food to teach, and get him used to, getting in and out of the car.

He was in a crate for his first few journeys and he was only sick once then which was bringing him home from his breeders, a distance of 90 miles and he only was sick 0.5 miles from home!!! He didn't look comfy travelling even in the crate which was one of the reasons I stopped using it, apart from the fact he outgrew it, and thought he would be happier with the others out side the cage.
Does anyone know if the anti sickness pills suggested make them drousy as it would be pointless using them when travelling to a show.

I use Stugeron at the mo for a car sick puppy and have used it on and off for years on various dogs. They are never drowsy at shows.

Diane

I had the same problem with one of my girls, sick every time and was very scared as we approched the car for a journey and had to be lifted in each time.
I tried brown paper and newspaper underneath her and ginger biscuits but to no avail. By the time she was 5 1/2months I was getting desperate for a cure as we do alot of car journeys and she was getting heavy to lift a young GR. I tried her in the front and back but made no difference.
I was in PAH and noticed travel ease tablets by johnsons, well I was a bit sceptical about them but thought it was worth a try as only herbal based and given half hour before the journey....well believe it or not they worked and she became better and better each journey very quickly.
Now 18months on she is the first in the car out of the 3 of them.

Maybe worth you giving them a try.
Good luck.

Oh dear, sorry :-( In that case I fully support your idea that it was your hand feeding of ginger nuts :-)

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Was advised to use this for the only dog I've ever had with car sickness.  Can only say BRILLIANT.  she will now jump in the car on her own.  Used to have to keep her on a tight lead and lift her into the car; slobber and drool everywhere.  Now cut her down to 1/2 tablet and only for longer journeys.

I've just got stuff called Easy Travel Solution from Petalive.com, it's homeopathic and has various remedies in it, it's just arrived in the post this morning ( pretty good, I only ordered it yesterday ) haven't tried it yet but I'll report back on it's results incase anyone's looking for something else to try.

Another thing I did, alongside Stugeron, was socialise her to the car.  By that, I mean really reducing her time in the car; in fact just getting her to eat near it and moving along very slowly.  I did at times need her to 'enjoy' a more comfortable journey and did then use Sturgeron. Basically, a mix of socialising/accustoming and preventing the sickness has worked wonders.  I don't think either, on their ow, would have worked.
Let us know how you do with Easy Travel.  I had tried many others that didn't work so would be very interested how you get on.

I had a dog who was horrendously car sick until she had a long drive to see me at boarding school. After that car journeys always had the potential of extreme pleasure at the end, and she was nevr car sick again.

Later we had another dog who never grew out of it, and could never be fed within 6 hours before a car journey.

Unfortunately Easy Travel hasn't made any difference...£23 down the drain !. I have been taking him on teeny journey's down to the village car park which takes us less than a minute, then giving him a walk, I can't get him to take any treats in the car, he's not keen on eating outside anywhere for some reason, he does like it if I pop the tail gate window open but for obvious reason's this could be pretty dangerous lol, wonder if it's something to do with feeling confined ?.

I always used Sea Legs for my travel sick girl but haven't been able to find anywhere that sells it for the last year, so after reading this topic I went out and bought Sturgeron, used it on Saturday when travelling up to UK Toy and for the 1st time ever we arrived without any sickness!